adj
Meaning 1
Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a deadpan face or look
- deadpan behaviour or speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deadpan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɛdpæn/
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adj
Meaning 2
Having such a face or look.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The comedian remained deadpan.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a deadpan manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
deliberately impassive in manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
without betraying any feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she told the joke deadpan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From dead + pan (“face”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: but see 故作嚴肅的 /故作严肃的 (gǔzuò yánsùde) — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Czech: kamenný — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Czech: bezvýrazný — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Danish: udtryksløs — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Danish: gravalvorlig — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Dutch: emotieloos — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Dutch: zonder uitdrukking — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Finnish: ilmeetön — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Finnish: naama peruslukemilla — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- French: pince-sans-rire — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- German: ausdruckslos — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Greek: αγέλαστος (agélastos) — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Italian: impassibile — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Italian: inespressivo — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Japanese: 能面のような (nō-men no yō na) — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Norwegian Bokmål: uttrykksløs — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Norwegian Bokmål: gravalvorlig — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Portuguese: inexpressivo — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Russian: невозмути́мый (nevozmutímyj) — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Russian: бесстра́стный (besstrástnyj) — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Spanish: inexpresivo — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Swedish: uttryckslös — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Turkish: ifadesiz — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Turkish: duygusuz — deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
- Czech: s kamennou tváří — having such a face or look (as a person)
- Czech: kamenný — having such a face or look (as a person)
- Czech: bez hnutí brvou — having such a face or look (as a person)
- Danish: udtryksløs — having such a face or look (as a person)
- German: ungerührt — having such a face or look (as a person)
- Swedish: uttryckslös — having such a face or look (as a person)
- Hungarian: érzéketlen — impassive (as behaviour or speech)
- Hungarian: szenvtelen — impassive (as behaviour or speech)
- Danish: udtryksløs — in a deadpan manner
- Swedish: uttryckslöst — in a deadpan manner
- French: pince-sans-rire — style of comedy